If something is infuriating, it makes you very angry — or, in the way people actually talk, very annoyed. A website that dies as you press save; a person who is always twenty minutes late and smiles about it: both are infuriating.

If something is infuriating如果某件事讓人氣死人, it makes you very angry它會讓你非常生氣 — or, in the way people actually talk或者照人們實際講話的方式來說, very annoyed是非常不爽。A website that dies as you press save一個網頁在你按下儲存時當機; a person who is always twenty minutes late and smiles about it一個人老是遲到二十分鐘還笑笑地不當一回事: both are infuriating這兩種都讓人火大。

Here is the messy truth: the verb infuriate still means “make someone furious,” but the adjective infuriating has grown a little softer. Teachers, parents, and news writers use it for everyday maddening things, not only for true rage.

Here is the messy truth這裡有個微妙的地方: the verb infuriate still means "make someone furious,"動詞infuriate仍然是指「讓人狂怒」, but the adjective infuriating has grown a little softer但形容詞infuriating的語氣已經變得溫和一點。Teachers, parents, and news writers老師、家長和新聞寫手 use it for everyday maddening things會用它來說日常那些令人抓狂的小事, not only for true rage不只是用在真正的盛怒。

It describes the thing or the habit (an infuriating delay, an infuriating grin), not a calm, polite annoyance. Compared with annoying, it is stronger; compared with the verb, it is often a step down.

It describes the thing or the habit它形容的是那件事或那個習慣 (an infuriating delay, an infuriating grin)（像令人光火的延誤、讓人火大的假笑）, not a calm, polite annoyance而不是那種平靜、有禮貌的小不悅。Compared with annoying跟annoying（讓人有點煩）比, it is stronger它的語氣更重; compared with the verb跟動詞infuriate比, it is often a step down它反而常常輕一點。

That gap is real, and students are right to feel it.

That gap is real這個落差是真實存在的, and students are right to feel it學生會感覺到這一點，是很正常的。